Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Thursday informed that a new genus of malaria called ''plasmodium ovale'' has been detected in the state. The disease was detected in a soldier who travelled from ...

Plasmodium Ovale is not a very common type of malaria that has been identified in a soldier in Kerala who is believed to have contracted in Sudan during his posting, where Plasmodium Ovale is endemic.

Approximately 1,300 cases of malaria are reported each year in the United States; nearly all of these cases occur in travelers, many of whom fail to receive or adhere to prescribed chemoprophylaxis or ...

The chimpanzee is the only animal host currently available that can support the development of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale. Thirty-one infections with the Nigerian I/CDC strain were ...

There is no reason to worry as the health minister has said that the spread of the disease can be avoided with timely treatment and preventive measures At a time when Kerala is grappling with a ...

The genomes of the two least common species of human malaria parasites have been revealed. These sequences will enable improved surveillance and diagnosis of these rarer parasites that still cause ...

The health department has issued a caution against a new type of malaria Plasmodium Ovale. Health minister K K Shailaja said the new type of malaria, which is commonly found in western Africa, has ...

Current Science is a fortnightly journal published since 1932 by the Current Science Association, Bangalore (India) in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences. The journal covers all ...

An imported case of malaria, caused by a hitherto unfamiliar variant of the Plasmodium species (the malarial parasite), in the State, Plasmodium ovale, has been reported from the Kannur district ...

Check out what the area of Science and Technology has been upto this week. From ISRO’S 42nd Communication Satellite to a new kind of Plasmodium causing deadly malaria- Take a look at the detailed list ...